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Kill all the Midianites in the Bible
Although Midian was the Land of refugee of Moses and Moses' Father in Law and Moses' Wife was Midianites; however, the LORD Commanded Moses to kill all the Midianites and to destroy all their cities!
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The Midianites, Background
Midian is Abraham's Son
Genesis 25:1-2 (King James Version)
1Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah.
2And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah.
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When Moses fled from Pharaoh, he came to Midian
Exodus 2:15 (King James Version)
15Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well.
Acts 7:29 (King James Version)
29Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
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Moses' Father in Law was the priest of Midian
Exodus 3:1 (King James Version)
1Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
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Moses' Wife, Zipporah the Midianites saved the life of Moses when the Lord sought to kill him!
Exodus 4:24-26 (King James Version)
24And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him.
25Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me.
26So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision.
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However, the LORD Commanded Moses to Kill all the Midianites
Moses sent his army to the war as the LORD commanded
1) They slew all the males.
2) They slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain;
3) They took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and
4) They took the spoil of all their cattle, and
5) They took all their flocks, and
6) They took all their goods, and
7) They burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and
8) They burnt all their goodly castles, with fire, and
9) They took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts, and
10) They brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses.
After all of that, was Moses satisfied about fulfillment of the LORD Commandment?
(See the next article)
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Numbers 31:1-12 King James Version (KJV)
1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
3And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian.
4Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war.
5So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
6And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
7And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
8And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
9And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.
10And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire.
11And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts.
12And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho.
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Kill all the Midianites in the Quran:
This story of mass-murder and mass-destruction is not found in the Quran!
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What if the Quran was the Book which commands to kill 1) the Uncircumcised, 2) the one who curses his father or his mother, 3) the gay, 4) the Zoosexual together with the animal, 5) whosoever does work in the Sabbath! 6) Your brother, your son, your daughter, your wife and your friend if they try to turn you away from the LORD, 7) all who live in that town and 8) the False Prophet and the Dreamer!
What the Western Media would have said? What names they have given the Quran in such case?
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Back to the main issue of my series of articles; this is my question to you smart readers: "Is the Quran quoted from the Bible?"
About the author:
Professor Dr. Ibrahim Khalil
Prof. of Clinical and Chemical Pathology,
Head of Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control Unit,
Ain-Shams University., Egypt.
And, President of The Egyptian Society of Inventors.
Member of the Egyptian union of Writers
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